Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson

Princess Christina
Princess Christina prior to the wedding of her niece Madeleine in June 2013
Born	3 August 1943 Haga Palace, Solna, Sweden
Spouse	Tord Magnuson (m. 1974)
Issue	Gustaf Magnuson Oscar Magnuson Victor Magnuson
Full name Christina Louise Helena
House	Bernadotte
Father	Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
Mother	Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Christina (in front) at play with her sisters in 1945.

Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, LoK av KMO (Christina Louise Helena, born 3 August 1943) is the youngest of four older sisters of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. She does business as Christina Magnuson.

Biography

Princess Christina was born at Haga Palace outside Stockholm as the fourth child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. She is the granddaughter of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden. She was Chairman of the Swedish Red Cross for 9 years.^[1]

She met her future husband, Tord Magnuson, at a lunch in Stockholm in 1961. Her engagement to Magnuson was announced on 1 February 1974. The couple married on 15 June 1974 in the Palace Church of the Royal Palace of Stockholm. Because of her unequal marriage, she lost her style of Royal Highness and from the king received the courtesy title of Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, a policy begun by the previous king when her older sisters Margaretha and Désirée were married before her. Under the Swedish constitution at that time, they, as women, and her descendants were not eligible to inherit the throne and are still not.

The couple have three sons: Carl Gustaf Victor (b. 1975), an economist, Tord Oscar Frederik (b. 1977), an eyewear designer;^[2] andVictor Edmund Lennart (b. 1980).

In October 2016, it was announced that Magnuson has been diagnosed with chronic leukemia.^[3]

Honours

Princess Christina's original coat of arms as a Princess of Sweden

See also List of honours of the Swedish Royal Family by country

National honours

•  Sweden: Member Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (LoK av KMO)^[4][5][6]
•  Sweden: Member of the Royal Family Order of King Gustaf VI Adolf, 1st Class^[7]
•  Sweden: Member of the Royal Family Order of King Carl XVI Gustaf, 1st Class^[8]
•  Sweden: Member Grand Cross of the Social Grand Order of the Amaranth^[9][10]
•  Sweden: Member Grand Cross of the Social Order of Innocence^[11]
•  Sweden: Recipient of the Prince Carl Medal^[12]
•  Sweden: Recipient of the 90th Birthday Medal of King Gustav V
•  Sweden: Recipient of the Commemorative Medal of King Gustav V^[13]
•  Sweden: Recipient of the 85th Birthday Badge Medal of King Gustaf VI Adolf
•  Sweden: Recipient of the 50th Birthday Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf^[14]
•  Sweden: Recipient of the Wedding Medal of Crown Princess Victoria to Daniel Westling
•  Sweden: Recipient of the Ruby Jubilee Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf^[15]
•  Sweden: Recipient of the 70th Birthday Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf^[16]

Foreign honours

•  Denmark: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Elephant^[17]
•  France: Commander of the Legion of Honour^[18]
•  Germany: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, First Class^[19]
•  Iceland: Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon^[20]
•  Italy: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic^[21]
•  Japan: Paulownia Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown^[22]
•  Norway: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav^[23][24]
•  Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Christ^[25]

Titles and styles

• 3 August 1943 - 15 June 1974 Her Royal Highness Princess Christina of Sweden.
• 15 June 1974 - present Her Excellency Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson.

Awards

• International Red Cross and Red Crescent: Recipient of the Henry Dunant Medal^[26]
• Salvation Army Cross of the Order of Distinguished Auxiliary Service for exceptional service rendered to the Army by non-Salvationists ^[27]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson

16. Oscar II of Sweden               8. Gustaf V of Sweden                       17. Princess Sophia of Nassau               4. Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden                             18. Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden               9. Princess Victoria of Baden                       19. Princess Louise of Prussia               2. Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten                                   20. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha               10. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn                       21. Victoria of the United Kingdom               5. Princess Margaret of Connaught                             22. Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia               11. Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia                       23. Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau               1. Princess Christina of Sweden                                         24. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (= 20)               12. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany                       25. Victoria of the United Kingdom (= 21)               6. Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha                             26. George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont               13. Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont                       27. Princess Helena of Nassau               3. Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha                                   28. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg               14. Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg                       29. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe               7. Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg                             30. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg               15. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg                       31. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

References

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21. Italian Presidency website, Magnuson S.A.R. Christina la Principessa di Svezia, Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italian
22. Princess Lilian, Princess Désirée and Princess Christina, Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown
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26. Henri Dunant Medal
27. Order of Distinguished Auxiliary Service